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J. TOMLINSON.

STAVB PAGKER.

Patented Deo. 16, 1884.

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JAMES TOMLINSON, OF DETROIT, MICH., ASSIGNOR OE ONE-HALE TO RAL- ZEMON D A. PARKER AND CHARLES F. BURTON, BOTH `OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 309,421, dated December 16, 1884:.

Application filed May 10, 1884. (No model.)

T 0 C/,ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, 'JAMES ToMLrNsoN, of Detroit, Vayne county, Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stave-Packers; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication.

Figure l represents a perspective view of my machine, and Fig. 2 a section from front to rear, showing the portion of the compressing part of my machine when in position for compressing a bundle of staves.

In packing staves or shingles it is desirable to have, rst, a receptacle of proper size and shape within which the staves or shingles may be placed, and by which the contour of the package may be formed. It is further desirable that the package may then be tightly compressed and secured, so that it may be handled and shipped without danger of breakage. I securethese results by means of Afour upright posts, A A' B B', rising above a strong base, of which the cross-pieces L L form a part. A fifth upright piece, D,with a broad face, is placed opposite the opening between the two uprights A and B. This piece D is about as broad as the opening between A and B, and about halt` as far from them as the distance from A to A. The two standards A A' do not continue below the cross-pieces L L', but are held in position upon L L by means of a hingedjoint. (Shown at J J.) Thestandards A A', when made of wood, have metal pieces M M' secured thereto near the bottom by upturned portions, and extending` ont at right angles from the standards,and adapted to rest upon the top ofthe crosspieces L L', as shown. The pieces M M may be turned up just enough to be secured to the standards A A', or, if desired, they may, as shown, extend to the top of the same to form a facing therefor. The entire piece A M may be cast of iron in a single piece, but I prefer that the part M be of band-iron bent to fit the right angle between A and L (when A is upright) and bolted or otherwise securedto the upright A. The entire piece A M always forms a right angle, or practically a right angle, between its arms, but may be turned upon the hinge at .I

`keeping it in adjustment forimmediate use.

through any desired angle to enable a package to be easily removed from between the uprights. The cross-pieces L L' are elevated by frame-work above the base of the press sufficient to allow ease in packing and sufficient space for the movement of the lever W, hereinafter described.

On the standards B B', I place the pins O O', and upon these pins hang a frame made of 6o two right-angled hooks, C C', connected by cross-bars Q, R. The lower end of each of the hooks C C' has a longitudinal slot (or fork) through which the pins pass, thus holding the lower end of said frame iu position,and at the 6 5 saine time permitting the pressure-hooks to move vertically. vTo the hooks,or the cross-bar R connecting them, are attached chains, which pass to and are attached to a winch, U, held in boxes near the bottom of the frame. This 7o which is operated bya lever, Land by it the chain is wound on the drum of the winch and the hooks drawn down with any desired amount of force, and any desired. pressure is exerted upon the package under the hooks. 7 5 A second frame, F, is hinged to the standards B B. In the side pieces of this second frame are longitudinal slots pp', through which pass guide-pins extending from the sides of the hooked arms C C. The fra-me E, when turned 8o upon its hinges, imparts motion to the hooked frame, controlling the movement of the same by means of the pins p p', projecting through the slots in the side pieces of the frame.

From the upper cross-bar of the frame F to the upper cross-bar of the hooked frame is passed a sustaining-spring, V, which holds up the hooked frame and allows it freedom of movement over the material to be pressed,

In using my machine the elbowed arms, com- 9 posed of the parts M A M A', are placed with the parts M M parallel to and lying upon the cross-pieces L L' and the arms A A upright and parallel to B B. Thedesired. amount of material to be packed is now placed between the standards in a regular pile. The frame E is then brought forward, bringing with it the hooks until the hooks are well over the package. The winch U is turned, and, drawroo ing down the hooks, the package is rmly compressed and held under pressure by the sermode of use, what I claim as new, and desire to have secured to me by Letters Patent, isf Y 1f. In a stave-packer, an elbowed retainingarm, the two parts of said arm being adapted to form two sides of a receptacle within which staves are packed, and the said arm being hinged at its elbow to enable the relative position between it and the other parts of the frame to be changed.

2. In a stave-packer, the combinatio1i,witl1 the upright posts, of an angled hook pivoted on the rear posts, so as to have vertical motion between the same, and lever-connections, substantially as described, whereby one arm of the angleis brought over thetop of the package between the uprights, substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

8. In combination with the upright posts of a stave-packing machine, an angled hook having one of its arms adapted to pass over the top of a bundle placed between the uprights, and having the other end slotted-or 3o forked to embrace a pin inserted in the side of the upright, and held to the said upright by means ot' said pin passing through said slot or fork, but adapted to be moved upon said pin through the length of thev slot or fork.

l. In combination with the uprights of a packing-machine, a movable frame hinged thereto, having slots in the side pieces thereof, which embrace pins projecting from the sides of hooks, also hinged tosaid upright-s, by means whereof said hooks are easily thrown in or out of position for compressing a package.

5. In a stave-packing machine, the arrangement of the jointed hinged arms A M A M', hooks C C', frame F, sustaining-spring V, winch U, and connecting-chains T T', constructed and operating substantially as described.

vJAMES TOMLINSON.

In presence of- UHARLEs F. BURTON, DorTIE KELTIE, GEORGE MAITLIND. 

